That's Showbiz, Kid! Amy Spanger Will Return to Chicago on Broadway

Look who’s back in the clink! Broadway baby Amy Spanger will return to the long-running revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre as the lady raking in the chips: Roxie Hart. Spanger will play three limited engagements: October 6 through October 26, November 3 through November 16 and December 1 through December 21. She takes over for current Roxie, Bianca Marroquin, who will kick off the first leg of the tuner's 16th national tour. This is Spanger’s third stint in the production, having previously done the “Hot Honey Rag” in 2002 and returning in 2012.

In addition to Chicago, Spanger has appeared on Broadway in Elf, Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer, Urinetown, Kiss Me, Kate and Sunset Boulevard. She starred in tick, tick…BOOM! off-Broadway and her regional and touring credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, Rent, Chicago, A Chorus Line and Robin and the Seven Hoods.

With an iconic score by John Kander and Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse, Chicago is a musical tale of "murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery—all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts." The current cast includes Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Christopher Fitzgerald as Billy Flynn, Carmen Ruby Floyd as Matron Mama Morton, Paul C. Vogt as Amos Hart and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.